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Kisumu County

County

Kisumu County is one of 47 counties of Kenya, in the west of the country on Lake Victoria. Its headquarters is Kisumu City, and the 2019 census recorded a population of 1,155,574 across a land area of 2,085.9 square kilometers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Kisumu 1
Population
1,155,574 1
2019 figure from Kisumu County's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Area (sq km)
2085.9 1
Admission Year
2013 1
Latitude
0.25 degrees south 1
Longitude
34.917 degrees east 1
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Associated With

Kenya, Countries

Kisumu County is a county of Kenya.

Source Kisumu County (Wikipedia)
Kisumu, Cities

Kisumu is associated with Kisumu County.

Source Kisumu (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Kisumu, Cities
Source GeoNames: Kisumu - GeoNames
Sources
1. Kisumu County (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Kisumu County is one of 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya...Its headquarters is Kisumu City which is the third largest city in Kenya after the capital Nairobi and the coastal city of Mombasa. It has a population of 1,155,574 (according to the 2019 National Census). The land area of Kisumu County totals 2085.9 km2.
  • Infobox, capital
    Capital/Headquarters Kisumu
  • Lead section
    It has a population of 1,155,574 (according to the 2019 National Census).
  • Lead section
    The land area of Kisumu County totals 2085.9 km2.
  • Infobox, coordinates
    0 15 S 34 55 E
  • Infobox: established_date
    4 March 2013
  • Part Of: Kenya, Lead paragraph
    Kisumu County is one of 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya.
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Wikidata: Kisumu County
Wikidata Q1743809, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
GeoNames: Kisumu - GeoNames
GeoNamesHas Capital: Kisumu, cities500 record 191245, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 26)
Quote, Has Capital: Kisumu, cities500 record 191245, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 26)
-0.10221 34.76171 P PPLA KE 26 397957 1174 Africa/Nairobi
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